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Senior paid social buyer.

Meta + Instagram + TikTok + LinkedIn + Pinterest + Snapchat + Reddit. Creative direction. Server-side CAPI. Named, embedded, replaceable in 72 hours.

FROM $4,199/mo
SENIOR $7,199/mo
PRINCIPAL $10,499/mo
MIN AD SPEND $15k/mo recommended
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Embed a vetted senior paid social buyer (Meta + TikTok + LinkedIn + Pinterest + Snapchat + Reddit) in your team. Creative direction included at Senior tier. Server-side CAPI deployed week 1. From $4,199/mo (mid) to $10,499/mo (principal). 14-day fit guarantee.

§ INTRO
WHAT IS A HIRED PAID SOCIAL BUYER

Senior paid social buyer, embedded in your team.

7–14 DAY
CREATIVE DECAY WINDOW AT HIGH SPEND ON META + TIKTOK
PLATFORM SATURATION DATA
I.

The role.

A hired Senior Paid Social Buyer is a vetted media-buying + creative-direction specialist embedded in your team to run Meta (Facebook + Instagram), TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, and X / Twitter advertising. Distinct from a media buyer who only optimises bids (no creative direction) and from a creative agency that produces ads but does not buy media. Senior + Principal tiers cover both — strategy, creative briefing, production oversight, and media buying as one continuous workflow. Specialisations covered: Meta Advantage+ + TikTok VBO bidding, creative briefing + iteration cadence (3–5 fresh variants/week at scale), server-side CAPI + Events API deployment, whitelisting + dark-post strategy for creator content amplification, and incrementality testing via GeoLift + hold-out audiences.

II.

When you hire one.

Four common scenarios: DTC + consumer brands spending $15k–$200k/month on Meta + TikTok needing daily creative iteration + audience saturation rotation + iOS-attribution-restored CAPI, B2B SaaS running LinkedIn-first paired with Meta retargeting against long sales-cycle attribution windows, EdTech + lifestyle brands running TikTok + Instagram with influencer + UGC paired into paid amplification (whitelisting), and agencies needing white-label paid social buying with brand-suppressed reporting + dedicated PM. Below $15k/month ad spend, a single buyer typically does not pay back — we recommend audit + sprint instead.

III.

How we match.

Send role spec + Meta / TikTok read-only access on day 0. We send 2–3 named buyer profiles within 48–72 hours with vetted CV + creative samples + ROAS track record on similar accounts. Your top candidate sends a saturation-curve preview showing where audience fatigue is hurting your account before you commit — most clients hire based on the audit insight, not the pitch deck. Specialist embedded by day 8: first creative iteration in week 1, CAPI health check immediate. Creative iteration ships 3–5 fresh variants per week at scale to stay ahead of 7–14-day creative decay. 14-day fit window with 72-hour replacement.

§ TYPES
WHAT THIS ROLE COVERS

Eight productised paid social specialisations.

01

Meta Ads (Facebook + Instagram)

Advantage+ campaign automation, custom audiences (lookalike, interest, retargeting, exclusions), Reels-first creative mix, server-side CAPI, brand vs non-brand split, A/B testing programme, broad-targeting + creative-led testing methodology. The largest paid social network — most engagements anchor here.

02

TikTok Ads

Spark Ads (organic-amplified), lookalike audiences from organic engagement, creator whitelisting via TikTok Creator Marketplace, category-specific dayparting, TikTok Events API for iOS-restored attribution. Every senior bench buyer has run TikTok on a real production budget ($50k+/mo at some point in their career).

03

LinkedIn Ads

Separate specialist sub-track for B2B above $1,000 ACV. Sales Navigator integration, Conversion API, account-list (ABM) targeting via Demandbase / 6sense / Clearbit, document + lead-gen-form formats, retargeting on engaged accounts. Highest-CAC-but-highest-LTV channel for B2B SaaS / FinTech / professional services.

04

Pinterest + Snapchat + Reddit

Pinterest for intent-rich home/fashion/food/wedding/beauty categories. Snapchat for under-30 demographic + regional fit. Reddit for community-targeted technical + niche-interest categories (developers, gaming, finance). Run case-by-case where audience fit warrants — not blanket-deployed.

05

Creative direction + briefing

3–5 fresh creative variants per week at scale. Briefing standards (hook-first 5–15 sec cuts, problem/agitation/solution structure, UGC-style production guidance), production oversight, A/B test design. Senior + Principal tiers own creative direction; Mid-Level tier executes against existing briefs.

06

Server-side CAPI + Events API

Meta CAPI, TikTok Events API, LinkedIn CAPI, Pinterest CAPI, Snapchat CAPI deployed via GTM Server-Side. Deduplication via event ID, hashed first-party data, offline conversion uploads. Restores 8–18% of iOS-blocked attribution; foundation for clean optimisation.

07

Whitelisting + dark posts

Captures creator content as paid social ads under their handle (Meta Branded Content tools, TikTok Spark Ads). Typically 2–4× brand-handle paid social performance. Pairs with influencer-marketing programmes — paired creator content amplified as paid is one of the highest-ROI levers.

08

Incrementality testing

GeoLift (geo-based hold-out testing) at sufficient spend, hold-out audiences in Meta + TikTok, Marketing Mix Modeling at $5M+ ad spend, MTA hybrid attribution below. Measures real lift over what would have happened without the spend — required for honest ROAS reporting at scale.

§ PAID SOCIAL HIRE ECONOMICS

The numbers that make embedded paid social buyer economics work.

8–18%
CONVERSIONS RESTORED VIA SERVER-SIDE CAPI
OUR DATA · n=27
2–4×
WHITELISTED CREATOR CONTENT VS BRAND-HANDLE
OUR DATA
7–14 D
CREATIVE DECAY WINDOW AT HIGH SPEND
PLATFORM DATA
< 8%
REPLACEMENT TRIGGER RATE
OUR HIRING DATA
§ COMPARE
HIRE-A-TEAM PAID SOCIAL VS ALTERNATIVES

Embedded buyer vs in-house buyer + freelance creative.

CRITERION
HIRE-A-TEAM BUYER
IN-HOUSE + FREELANCE
Total monthly cost (senior, $50k spend)
$7,199/mo flat (buyer + creative direction + PM + tooling)
$8,000–$12,000/mo loaded (in-house buyer salary + $2–4k/mo freelance creative)
Creative direction included
Yes — Senior + Principal tiers own briefing + iteration
Buyer optimises bids; creative briefed separately or by you
CAPI deployment
Deployed week 1, every engagement
Variable — often on a backlog quarter-after-quarter
Multi-platform certification
Meta + TikTok + LinkedIn + Pinterest + Snapchat all covered
Single-platform specialists common; multi-platform skill rare
Time to first creative in market
Week 1 of engagement
3–6 weeks (in-house ramp + creative onboarding)
Creative-decay management
3–5 fresh variants/week, ahead of decay
Weekly cadence dependent on freelance availability
Account-history paper trail
Documented in shared Notion + ad-account log
Variable across team handoffs

BOTTOM LINE: HIRE-A-TEAM PAIRS BUYING + CREATIVE DIRECTION IN ONE SENIOR PERSON. SPLITTING THEM ACROSS BUYER + FREELANCER CREATIVE WORKS, BUT ADDS COORDINATION COST + LATENCY.

§ 01
WHO HIRES THIS ROLE

DTC + B2B brands needing creative + buying in one specialist.

DTC brands

Meta + TikTok-led. Daily creative iteration. Audience saturation rotation.

B2B SaaS

LinkedIn-first paired with Meta retargeting. Long-window attribution.

EdTech / lifestyle

TikTok + Instagram. Influencer + UGC paired with paid amplification.

Agencies (white-label)

Resell paid social buying. Brand-suppressed reporting. Dedicated PM included.

§ 02
ENGAGEMENT

Brief → match → embed. 14-day fit period.

DAY 0

Brief + ad-account access

Role spec + Meta/TikTok read-only access.

DAY 1–3

Shortlist

2–3 named buyers — vetted CV + creative samples + ROAS track record.

DAY 4–7

Intro calls + audit

Top candidate sends saturation-curve preview. Intro calls.

DAY 8

Start

First creative iteration in week 1. CAPI health check immediate.

DAY 8–22

14-day fit

Replace inside 72 hours if not fit. No charge for trial.

§ 03
WHAT THEY DELIVER

What this specialist ships every week.

Creative iteration

3–5 new creatives weekly. Static + motion. Format-specific.

Audience strategy

Lookalike + interest + retargeting + exclusions.

Server-side CAPI

Meta CAPI + TikTok Events API. iOS signal restoration.

Whitelisting

Creator UGC amplified as paid. Permissions + dark posts.

Attribution sanity

GeoLift + hold-out audiences for incrementality.

Reporting

Per-platform + blended. Weekly Loom.

§ 04
PRICING

Three tiers. All include PM.

MID-LEVEL
$4,199/mo
3–5 YRS

Single-platform buying + iteration.

  • 80 hrs/mo
  • 1 platform
  • Dedicated PM
  • 14-day fit
Get this tier
SENIOR · MOST COMMON
$7,199/mo
5–8 YRS

Multi-platform + creative direction + CAPI.

  • 120 hrs/mo
  • 2–3 platforms
  • Creative direction
  • CAPI implementation
Get this tier
PRINCIPAL
$10,499/mo
8+ YRS

Multi-account creative-led leadership.

  • 160 hrs/mo
  • Multi-account
  • Production-team leadership
  • Function-level oversight
Get this tier
§ 06
FAQ

Common questions.

Do hired Paid Social buyers produce creative or only buy media? +

Both — at the senior tier. Creative direction + briefing + production oversight is part of every Senior ($5,499–$7,199/mo) and Principal ($7,999–$10,499/mo) tier engagement. Mid-Level ($2,999–$4,199/mo) buyers focus on media buying and rely on your in-house creative team or our paired creative production. On Multi-Channel ($5,999/mo) and Full Pod ($14,999/mo) retainers, creative production runs through our in-house static + motion + UGC team. Most paid social engagements ship 15–25 fresh creative variants per month at scale.

Do hired Paid Social buyers handle TikTok specifically? +

Yes — every senior buyer on our Hire-a-Team bench has run TikTok Ads on a real production budget (typically $50k+/month at some point in their career). TikTok is creative-led, not bid-led — so the buyer's creative-direction skill matters more than bid-strategy savvy. Spark Ads, lookalike audiences from organic engagement, creator whitelisting, and category-specific dayparting are all standard. We will tell you honestly if your brand is not TikTok-fit (most B2B above $10k ACV is not).

Are LinkedIn paid social buyers covered under Hire-a-Team? +

Yes — separate specialist sub-track for B2B-led LinkedIn programmes, paired with our SaaS / B2B / FinTech / Manufacturing vertical expertise. LinkedIn Ads is the highest-CAC-but-highest-LTV channel for B2B SaaS above $1,000 ACV; below that ACV, retarget-only on LinkedIn typically outperforms broad-net. LinkedIn buyers ship Sales Navigator integration, Conversion API, account-list (ABM) targeting, and document/lead-gen-form ad formats. Standard at Senior and Principal tiers.

Can you match a Paid Social buyer to my time zone? +

Yes — minimum 4 working hours of overlap with your local business day, guaranteed. Senior buyers span US Eastern, US Pacific, UK/EU, IST, SGT, AEDT. Most clients pair with whoever overlaps your peak iteration hours (typically the morning when you review yesterday's creative performance). Real-time Slack response inside the overlap window; async Loom updates outside it. For 24-hour creative rotation cadence on high-spend accounts, we sometimes pair two buyers across complementary time zones.

Will my Meta or TikTok ad account get flagged or banned? +

No — every move documented in writing, no suspicious patterns, no creative review-baiting, no policy-edge testing. Clean account hygiene is an explicit hiring filter at the senior tier — buyers with a history of account issues (Meta restrictions, TikTok suspensions, Google policy strikes) do not make our bench. We document every change in the account history log + your shared Notion workspace, so you have a paper trail if any platform raises a question. Account-restoration support included if pre-existing issues surface.

What is the replacement guarantee for hired Paid Social buyers? +

72-hour replacement during the first 14-day fit window if the match is not working — either side can call it, no further obligation, pro-rata refund for unused days. After day 14, replacement runs through standard 30-day notice with full handover documentation (account audit trail, creative library, audience structures, bidding strategy notes, custom audience exports). Replacement is rare in practice — under 8% of monthly engagements ever trigger it because we match by sector + creative aesthetic + working style up front, not just channel skill.

§ HIRE

Send your Meta + TikTok access.

Read-only is fine. 2–3 named buyer profiles inside 48–72 hours + a saturation-curve preview from your top candidate.

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